A medieval painting by the early Italian master Cimabue that hung unnoticed for years in a house in France has sold at auction for a record €24.2 million ($26.8 million) with fees. A bidding war at ...

Cimabue, “The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child enthroned by six angels, known as the Maestà” (c. 1280) on view in A New Look at Cimabue at the Louvre Museum, Paris (all photos Daniel ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A long-lost masterpiece dating back to the 13th century sold for over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art expert Stephane Pinta points to a 13th century painting by Italian master Cimabue in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. A rare ...

For years, a painted panel depicting a scene from Christ’s passion and crucifixion hung in the kitchen of a nonagenarian woman in Compiègne, France. She thought it was an old knockoff. It turns out ...

For centuries, the Italian painter Cimabue has been overshadowed by his more famous pupil Giotto, who—with his attention to naturalism and perspective—is widely credited with ushering in the ...

Cimabue, private collection, The Mocking of Christ, ornamental border on a gold ground. Image courtesy of Eric Turquin and Actéon. Kids may say the darndest things, but you really have to give it to ...

In the beginning there was Cimabue, “who was to shed the first light on the art of painting” – until he was “eclipsed” by his pupil Giotto. The story, told by Giorgio Vasari in his “Lives of the ...

It's rare that a Cimabue comes up for auction. In fact, they don't, really. But art history was re-written as a "lost" panel of a Cimabue diptych, discovered and authenticated over the course of last ...

PARIS (AP) — A masterpiece attributed to 13th century Italian painter Cimabue has been discovered in a French woman's kitchen — and it's expected to sell for millions of euros at an upcoming auction.